Malt Whisky Fetches Record $73K

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A 55-year-old bottle of Scotch has sold for the princely sum of $72,630 at auction, reports Bloomberg. The price makes the bottle of Glenfiddich Janet Sheed Roberts Reserve the most expense single malt whisky ever sold, notes Deadline. What's with the weird name? The whisky honors the oldest living Scot, 110-year-old Janet Sheed Roberts, who is the granddaughter of the founder of the Glenfiddich distillery, adds the BBC.

“It’s not often a whisky of this stature comes up at auction,” says a specialist at the Bonhams auction house in Edinburgh. “The rarity and quality of the liquid, the exquisite bespoke packaging and the story behind its creation makes this a collectible that’s hard to value.” Eleven more bottles will be sold at auction over the next year, with the proceeds going to international charity Water Aid. (Read more Glenfiddich stories.)

After reading what some people will pay for a bottle of Whisky the government will expect it of all of us.

Ariel131

Dec 15, 2011 9:17 PM CST

I pay out 73K for a bottle it better pour out hot and cold running blondes and they best look good when they land not to mention serve breakfast in bed in the morning Bet you get just as drunk on a 10 dollar bottle and not be able to tell much difference in the hangover